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INVENTOR BED l. HERNANDEZ Filed Feb. 9

Feb. 20, 1940.

Patented Feb.2o,194o a i UNITED *STATES PATENT FFIC` 2,191,387 i l Y- aBEI)4 Irene Hernandez, NewiOrleans, p La.

Application February 9, 1938 Serial No. 189,685

1 Claim. (Cl. 5-8.)

This invention relates to beds and has for an vobject to provide novelbed springs' formed of two independent sections adapted to receiverespective mattresses and being slidably mounted on a supporting frameto slide toward and away from each other so that a double bed or twosingle beds maybe provided in a single bedstead. A further object is toprovide a bed adapted to slide laterally upon a supporting frame andhaving novel flat spring clips oi' arcuate contour permitting of thespring section being slid to its full limit of movement toward the siderail of the bed without marring or scratching the side rail. f y l Afurther object is to provide bed springs of this character which will beformed of a few strong, simple and durable parts, which will beinexpensive to manufacture, and which will not easily get out of Vorder.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists ofcertain novel details of construction and combinations o-f partshereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood l thatvarious modifications may be resorted to within the scope of theappended claim without departing from the spirit or sacricing any of theadvantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, f

Figure 1 is a plan view of bed springs yand mattresses constructed inaccordance with the invention, with portions broken away.

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view taken on3the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view Asimilar to Figure 2 but showing the bed springs andmattresses slid toward each other to substantially their limit ofmovement to form a double bed.v

Referring now to the vdrawing in which like characters of referencedesignate similar parts in the various views, I 0 designates the headboard, II the foot board, I2 the longitudinal side' rails, I3 the legsofa bedstead, and I4 the slats of a bedstead, these parts beingconventional.

In carrying kout the invention a substantially rectangular frame I5 isprovided, the same' being formed of angle iron and being supported.

of the supporting frame I4 so that the frames I6 'may slide laterallytoward and raway from each other on the supporting frame I 4.

Each of the frames I6 forms'r the bottom member of a spring section,there being two of these spring sections to support respective`mattresses I1 which correspond in contour and in sizeto vconnected tothe outer springs all around the' spring section by wires 23. Thesewires extend in the same plane as the wires 20 and 2 I.

The wire frame 22 is of a greater cross dimension than the frame I6 atthe bottom of the spring section. A plurality of arcuate at leaf springs24 are connected .at the. upper ends to the wire frame 22 at the outerside of each spring section and are riveted as shown at 25, `or other-Wise secured at the lower ends to the frame I6, as best shown in Figures2 and 3. These leaf springs yield when weight is placed upon themattress at the same time the springs I9 yield due to the arcuate shapeof the leaf springs 24 both spring sections may be moved outwardly awayfrom each other to provide twin beds in a single ,bedstead and willoverhang the side rails I2 ,without touching or marring the same duringyielding movement when weight is placed upon the respective mattress. v

From the above. description it is thought ythat ythe construction andoperation ofthe invention .will be fully understood without furtherexplanation.

What is claimed is: l

In bed construction a supporting frame adapted to be supported upon bedslats, a pair of bed spring frames mounted upon the supporting frame toslide laterally toward or away from each other, all of said frames beingformed of angle iron to provide anges for limiting sliding movement ofthe bed spring framesrelatively to each other .and to the supportingframe, helical springs supported by each bed spring frame, a mattresssupporting frame supported by the springs of a respective bed springframe, said mattress supporting frame being of greater cross dimensionthan-the respective bed spring frame and adapted to project over theside rail of a bedstead when a the bed spring frames are slid outwardlyvfrom each other, a plurality ofV arcuate leaf springs connected at theupper ends to a respective mattress supporting frame at the outerlongitudinal the side rails of the bedstead and overhanging edge thereofand connected at the lower ends ythe said side rails Without touching ormarrng to the outer side of the respective bed spring same duringyielding movement of the helical frame, said leaf springs yielding whenWeight springs.

is placed upon the helical springs, said leaf l IRENE HERNANDEZ. 5springs curving upwardly and outwardly over

